Jean C. Monty, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Telecom
Limited gives an interesting definition of ``infostructure'' in the recent
issue of Telesis, A World of Networks.

``Infostructure is a nation's total capabilities to create, capture,
store, process, transmit, and receive all forms of information.
Infostructure is at the heart of a nation's telecompetiveness, defining
its ability to carry on electronic commerce.''
-- Jean C. Monty, Telesis, Issue 100, 1995